Inglés:
Preston Edges Norwich in Close Championship Encounter
Preston North End secured a narrow 1-0 victory over Norwich City at Carrow Road in Norwich, Norfolk, in a tightly contested Championship matchday 32 encounter. M. Osmajic scored the only goal of the game in the 5th minute, assisted by M. Frokjaer-Jensen. Despite lower possession (41% compared to Norwich’s 59%), Preston proved more clinical in attack, managing 8 shots (1 on target) to Norwich’s 10 (1 on target). The match was a feisty affair, with a total of 24 fouls (13 by Norwich and 11 by Preston) and 4 yellow cards issued, 3 to Preston and 1 to Norwich. Despite Norwich’s possession advantage and superior corner count (8 to 3), they couldn’t break down Preston’s resolute defence. The win leaves Preston in a strong league position.
Substitutions preston: at minute 22 B. Potts came in and D. Holmes went out., at minute 73 L. Lindsay came in and R. Porteous went out., at minute 73 S. Greenwood came in and R. Ledson went out., at minute 88 C. Evans came in and M. Osmajic went out.
Substitutions norwich: at minute 60 A. Crnac came in and J. Sargent went out., at minute 60 M. Nunez came in and J. Wright went out., at minute 60 J. Sorensen came in and O. Schwartau went out., at minute 72 M. Jurasek came in and A. Slimane went out., at minute 82 J. Cordoba came in and L. Mahovo went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Norwich
Preston
Titulares:
class=”wg_loader”>
